Miftah, Abbasi assail ‘tax heavy’ budget for lacking reforms

FORMER prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi talks to media as ex-finance minister Miftah Ismail (left) and Dr Zafar Mirza look on, in Islamabad.—Tanveer Shahzad / White Star

ISLAMABAD: Former PML-N leaders Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Misftah Islamil, who have recently formed their own party, criticised the federal budget on Monday for lacking reforms and burdening the salaried class.

At a news conference, the two leaders demanded that the government cut its expenses, stop smuggling, and...